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BENJAMIN L. DENN'ISON, jor BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Leners Raam Nb. 83,368, daad caoba 27, 186s.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

.r- To 'whmtmag concer/n: as' in figs. 1 and 2, or ynear the card lor tag, as` in Be it known that I, BENJAMIN L. DENNISON, of g- 3 Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massaf The Clasp a; gs- 2 and 51 1S made by Guttmg away.

chusetts, have invented a new and improved'Metliod of `Attaching Strings `to Label-Cards and Merchandise- Tags; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description thereof,'reference being had to the accompanying drawings, `and to the letters of Figure l shows the tag and string, with clasp'applied A at the ends of the string.

Figure, 3 shows the card and string, with the clasp applied near the card.

Figure 4 is a Section of the clasp.

Figure is an under-side view ofthezrppi1ited clasp.

The nature of my invention consists irusin'g a metallic clasp for fastening the strings to the label-cards or tags, so that they maybe strung and fastened by machinery.I v

To enable'others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I take any label-card or tag, having an eyelet or. perforation through it, and passing a string through it, and, bringing together the two strands, fasten them with a i metallic clasp by means of any' suitable machinery.

The clasp may be applied at the ends of the string,

or bending down the lips of one end, to the centre of the clasp, to a point, before applying it to the string, and then clasping the lips ofthe other end over the ends of the string, so that the pointed end will be directed towards the label. By running the point of the clasp so attached through the cloth or other textile fabric, and drawing the clasp and part of the string through, and then drawing back the string, the olasp'assumes the position shown in fig. 2, and acts as a bar t0 prevent it from drawing out.

The object of my invention is'to finnish, ina cheap and convenient manner, label-cards or tags, provided with Strings suitable for attaching them to merchandise, and so fastening the string to the tag, by machinery or otherwise, that it will not drop out.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to Secure by Letters Patent, isn 1. The combination of the metallic clasp cwith the String and label-card, substantially as and-for the purposes described.

2. The metallic clasp a, gs. 2 and 5, constructedso as to operate as a clasp, a needle, and a bar, at the same time, substantially as and for the purposes described.

Witnesses: B. LJDENNISON.

A. F. BADGER,

FRANK G. PARKER. 

